[Satnews] Level 1 data from the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) flying on Japan Meteorological Agency's (JMA) Himawari-8 satellite will be available on EUMETCast starting on October 8.

The data are from 11 channels at 2 km resolution, every 30 minutes. They are provided by JMA in Himawari Standard Format (HSD) and converted to HRIT format at EUMETSAT, prior to redistribution. Each channel is split geographically into 10 segments.